"The Badger Awards" - Our New Year Honours List
by Craig Normansell on Dec 31st, 2011With the year drawing to a close, we'd thought we'd do something a bit special for our New Year's celebrations, and bring you our thoughts on a season of excitement, drama and Sebastian Vettel in Formula One. It's our very own New Year Honours, where we'd like to award those worthy with 'a Badger'
(Cue cheesy ceremonial music)
The "Do you smell burning?" Spectacular Failure Award
Nick Heidfeld - Hungary
via sidepodcast.com
The "Dropped cup of tea" Overtake of the Year Award
Mark Webber on Fernando Alonso - Belgium
[youtube width="350" height="267"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74D7VZEtpDU
Badger GP's Race of the Year - Voted by the Fans
Canada - Race of the Year Poll
The Bernt Maylander Unsung Hero Award
The marshals at the Canadian Grand Prix
Two hours of track cleaning, falling over in the face of danger, and constant collection of carbon fibre from a host of cars - gentlemen, we salute you!
[youtube width="350" height="267"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNS0KLHKHv4&feature=related
The Gerhard Berger No.2 Driver Award
Mark Webber, Red Bull
The Shock of the Year Award
BBC donate half of F1 to Sky - interview with Brundle and the Sky F1 team
The "Where did HE/THAT come from?" Debut of the Year Award
Daniel Ricciardo
From Formula 3.5 front runner, to Hispania backmarker, to Toro Rosso driver, all in one calendar year!
Most Fingers in a Year Award
Sebastian Vettel - he's had loads - The Year of the Finger
Post-Race Interview/Outburst of the Year Award
Lewis Hamilton - "Is it because I am Black?"
[youtube width="350" height="267"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Am3PYbroDs
The HRT Award For Being Slower Than They Should be
Virgin Racing
Retro F1 Award of the Year
Mark Webber gives Fernando Alonso a lift - Germany
A blue car with yellow markings, giving a driver in red overalls and a yellow helmet a lift back to the pits? It was Silverstone 1991 all over again.
The Sleeping Dog of 2011
(Awarded to the best performing driver from the Sleeping Dogs, ie the back of the field.)
Heikki Kovalainen
The Chasing Dog of 2011
(Awarded to the best performing driver of the midfield, or the Chasing Dogs)
Adrian Sutil
The Top Dog of 2011
(Our driver of the season. Fact.)
And what about you? If you have any awards or honours to hand out, pop them in the comments below.
Comments and Discussion
The "Top Gun" award must surely go to Petrov for his antics: http://wtf1.co.uk/post/4632044193